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Albulushi-Mastersreport Copyright by Hammal Saleh Mohamed Al Bulushi 2019 The Report Committee for Hammal Saleh Mohamed Al Bulushi Certifies that this is the approved version of the following Report: The Phonology of Modern South Arabian Harsusi of Oman APPROVED BY SUPERVISING COMMITTEE: Anthony C Woodbury, Supervisor Na’ama Pat-El, Co-Supervisor The Phonology of Modern South Arabian Harsusi of Oman by Hammal Saleh Mohamed Al Bulushi Report Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts The University of Texas at Austin May 2019 Dedication I dedicate this work to ‘Allah’ The Almighty who ordered us, as Muslims, in His holy book ‘Quran’ to read and who gave me the strength, patience and belief that I can and should get this work done. I also dedicate this work to my family, mother, father, brothers and sisters, whose constant prayers, support and love supported me throughout this work. I especially dedicate this work to the jewel of my life, my fiancé and future life-partner, Basma who was always there with me to get this work done. Her encouragement, trust, love, care and understanding made it possible for me to keep going on despite all the difficulties. I will be always indebted to you. Acknowledgements I would like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to the ‘Harsusi’ language speaking community in general, and the community in the town of ‘Abu-Mudhabi’ in Haima in specific, for their support in this work. They taught me the language, provided me with all the data needed, welcomed me in their homes and encampments and accepted me as a member of their community wholeheartedly. I would also like to thank my advisor Prof. Anthony Woodbury of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. His ideas, comments, suggestions and corrections were very valuable and helpful in turning this work into what it is. I would also like to acknowledge Dr. Na’ama Pat-El of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin as the Co-supervisor. Her comments, suggestions and corrections were of high value for this work. I am indebted to her constant help and support. I must not forget to express my sincere gratitude to my parents, siblings, friends and future life-partner for supporting me and giving me constant encouragement throughout the years of this work. Finally, I must express my thanks and appreciation to the following institutions and people who supported me in one way or another since the beginning of this work until its completion: - Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. - The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA. - The Wildlife Reserve in Al Wusta Governorate. - Sheikh Naser Salem Al Harsusi v - Sheikh Khalid bin Huwela Al Harsusi - Sheikh Khalifa Al Harsusi - Abdullah (Abu Suroor) Al Harsusi - Salem Mubarek Al Harsusi - Saleh Mubarek Al Harsusi - Abdulrahman Mubarek Al Harsusi - Khalid Mubarek Al Harsusi - Abdullah Al Harsusi - Saqar Naser Al Harsusi - Mabkhoot Al Harsusi vi Abstract The Phonology of Modern South Arabian Harsusi of Oman Hammal Saleh Mohamed Al Bulushi, M.A. The University of Texas at Austin, 2019 Supervisor: Anthony C Woodbury Co-Supervisor: Na’ama Pat-El Harsusi is one of the five Modern South Arabian (MSA) languages spoken in the Sultanate of Oman. It is one of the least studied and known about languages in this group of Semitic languages. It is considered as a shifting language by the Ethnologue (Simons, G. F. & Charles, D. F., 2018) with around 6000 speakers. Being spoken in the desert, in the middle of Oman, Harsusi enjoyed a relative isolation for some time from the other surrounding languages including Arabic; however, after 1970 Harsusi became into direct contact with Arabic. This direct contact, in addition to not being systematically taught and learned in official contexts, pose threats at the situation of Harsusi in Oman. Moreover, there is a scarcity of thorough linguistic studies on Harsusi and such studies can help in both preserving Harsusi, and understanding the features of the (MSA) group as a whole. This report will provide an overview of the (MSA) language group. It will investigate the phonological structure of Harsusi in detail and provide a descriptive analysis of it. The main goal of this report is to explore the distribution of the sounds in vii Harsusi. It will explore the phonemic realizations in addition to the allophonic variations and the rules governing their occurrence in different environments. Moreover, it will look at the syllable structure and the stress patterns in Harsusi. Understanding the phonological structure of Harsusi is very important for any future studies on the morphology, syntax or semantics of Harsusi. viii Table of Contents List of Tables ..................................................................................................................... xi List of Figures .................................................................................................................. xiii Chapter 1: Introduction .......................................................................................................1 The Study ....................................................................................................................1 Modern South Arabian Languages .............................................................................1 Shahri (Also known as Jibbali) .......................................................................4 Hobyot.............................................................................................................5 Bathari .............................................................................................................5 Mehri ...............................................................................................................6 Harsusi ............................................................................................................6 Background to the Study.............................................................................................9 Data Sources .............................................................................................................10 Language Consultants ...............................................................................................11 Data Collection and Methodology ............................................................................11 Chapter 2: ...........................................................................................................................13 Phonemic Structure of Harsusi ..........................................................................................13 The Consonant Phonemes .........................................................................................14 Description of the Consonant Phonemes ......................................................15 Plosives ................................................................................................15 Fricatives ..............................................................................................22 Laterals .................................................................................................27 Nasals ...................................................................................................29 ix Trills .....................................................................................................31 Glides ...................................................................................................31 The Phonetic Realization of ‘Emphatics’ .....................................................33 Voiceless Alveolar Emphatic Plosive /tˤ/.............................................37 Voiceless Velar Glottalized Plosive /k’/ ..............................................40 Voiceless Alveolar Emphatic Fricative /sˤ/ ..........................................43 Voiceless Palato-alveolar Emphatic Fricative /ʃˤ/ ................................45 Voiceless Lateral Emphatic Fricative /ɬˤ/ .............................................48 Voiced Interdental Emphatic Fricative /ðˤ/ ..........................................52 The Phonetic Realization of Non-Emphatic Plosives ...................................55 The Glottal /ʔ/ and the Pharyngeal /ʕ/ ...........................................................63 The Vowel Phonemes ...............................................................................................68 Short Vowels .................................................................................................69 Long Vowels .................................................................................................73 /a:/ and /e:/ Vowels ..............................................................................74 /e:/ and /i:/ Vowels ...............................................................................76 /o:/ and /u:/ Vowels ..............................................................................80 Diphthongs and Diphthongisation .......................................................84 The Syllable Structure ..............................................................................................85 Stress Pattern.............................................................................................................87 Conclusion ................................................................................................................88 References ..........................................................................................................................90
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